ReviewJournal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology2013
The treatment of patellar tendinopathy.
Review in Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06877741 (Comparative Effects of Heavy Slow Resistance Training and Eccentric Overload Training on Pain, Range of Motion, and Lower Extremity Functions in Runners With Patellar Tendinopathy), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparative Effects of Heavy Slow Resistance Training and Eccentric Overload Training on Pain, Range of Motion, and Lower Extremity Functions in Runners With Patellar Tendinopathy
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exercise for patellar tendinopathy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical applications of platelet-rich plasma in patellar tendinopathy.BioMed research international · 2014Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Ultrasound Biofeedback as a Muscle Retraining Tool Post Patellar Tendon Debridement Surgery: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Transcatheter Arterial Embolization of Abnormal Neovessels for Patellar Tendinopathy: A Safety Evaluation: A Proof-of-Concept Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- An Observational Study on the Prediction of Range of Motion in Soldiers Diagnosed with Patellar Tendinopathy Using Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Treatment of Jumper's Knee with Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of human kinetics · 2022Article
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- Proposal for a Clinical Analysis of Patellar Tendon Pathologies: In Search of Efficient Therapeutic Indications.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
- Exercise therapy in the treatment of tendinopathies of the lower limbs: a protocol of a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2019Article
- Quadriceps tendinopathy: a review, part 2-classification, prognosis, and treatment.Annals of translational medicine · 2019Review
- Arthroscopic patellar release allows timely return to performance in professional and amateur athletes with chronic patellar tendinopathy.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2018Article
- Proposing a Patellar Tendinopathy Screening tool following a systematic review.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2018Article
- Current trends in tendinopathy: consensus of the ESSKA basic science committee. Part I: biology, biomechanics, anatomy and an exercise-based approach.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2017Review
- Arthroscopic patellar release for treatment of chronic symptomatic patellar tendinopathy: long-term outcome and influential factors in an athletic population.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Article
- The Value of Visa-Score and Colour Flow Imaging in the Follow-Up of Non-Athletes Operated for Jumpers Knee.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2016Article
- Effectiveness of extracorporeal shockwave therapy in three major tendon diseases.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2016Article
- Open Patellar Tendon Tenotomy and Debridement Combined with Suture-bridging Double-row Technique for Severe Patellar Tendinopathy.Orthopaedic surgery · 2016Article
- Interventional articular and para-articular knee procedures.The British journal of radiology · 2016Review
- Analysis of muscle activations in lower extremities muscles at various angles of ankle flexion using wedges during static squat exercise.Journal of physical therapy science · 2015Article
- The Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in the 15th year from foundation: actual achievements and future directions.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatellar tendinopathy (PT) presents a challenge to orthopaedic surgeons. The purpose of this review is to revise strategies for treatment of PT MATERIALS AND
methodsA PubMed (MEDLINE) search of the years 2002-2012 was performed using "patellar tendinopathy" and "treatment" as keywords. The twenty-two articles addressing the treatment of PT with a higher level of evidence were selected.
resultsConservative treatment includes therapeutic exercises (eccentric training), extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), and different injection treatments (platelet-rich plasma, sclerosing polidocanol, steroids, aprotinin, autologous skin-derived tendon-like cells, and bone marrow mononuclear cells). Surgical treatment may be indicated in motivated patients if carefully followed conservative treatment is unsuccessful after more than 3-6 months. Open surgical treatment includes longitudinal splitting of the tendon, excision of abnormal tissue (tendonectomy), resection and drilling of the inferior pole of the patella, closure of the paratenon. Postoperative inmobilisation and aggressive postoperative rehabilitation are also paramount. Arthroscopic techniques include shaving of the dorsal side of the proximal tendon, removal of the hypertrophic synovitis around the inferior patellar pole with a bipolar cautery system, and arthroscopic tendon debridement with excision of the distal pole of the patella.
conclusionPhysical training, and particularly eccentric training, appears to be the treatment of choice. The literature does not clarify which surgical technique is more effective in recalcitrant cases. Therefore, both open surgical techniques and arthroscopic techniques can be used.
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